“Silence!”
Isaac continued to mop his brow and fumble at his handkerchief while he gazed at the lawyer in a helpless stupor.
“Answer my question, sir!” the towering figure thundered into his face.
“I doan know what yer means, sah,” he faltered.
“Yes you do. There were nine other men with you. Who were they?”
“I dunno, sah!”
Larkin whispered excitedly to Steve, who shook his head and gazed at Isaac in amazement.
“Were they masked so that you couldn’t see their faces?”
Isaac looked appealingly to the judges and whimpered:
“I doan know what dey er talkin’ ‘bout, sah.”